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I think you could have taken a little more time on the horns, as the lines are a little "hand made" looking. If that's what you were going for, then bravo! Other than that, I think this came out very nicely! I can't wait to see it finished

Time is money, and it only needed a string change

Corvus whaaaaat? lol Someone brought one of these in about a month ago. Black Pickguard, single hum, cream colored body. It was pretty sweet, except that it was ass ugly and a pain to play sitting down It sounded okay though. Good luck on this one!

Yeah, that looks so much better than the B.C. Rich version!

that looks like I.C.S. Vortex's signature bass, only with a different take on the spiral. I like this one more

I gotta build me a V... SG first!

The smallest things can be so innovative lol. I'm gonna try it on my next fretboard repair!

THAT is a sexy guitar! *want*

Beautiful!

Be careful with heating and bending your guitar's neck... This can cause twisting, which in most cases can turn a neck to junk. You did mention that the guitar is a Mex Strat. If this were a more expensive guitar, I'd say take it to a professional. But since its not your baby or anything, I say live and learn from whatever results you get. But I do think that adjusting the truss rod by itself without any further intervention should be enough.

If the problem is too much relief in the neck (too much forward bow), then you want to tighten the truss rod... Not loosen it. Unfortunately, from the pic given, I cannot tell weather or not it is bowing forward or back. You can see bow easier if you look down the neck from either the bridge or nut. The ting sound was probably the wood settling around the rod. If there is too much forward bow or "relief", then I would tighten it up till it starts to give some resistance (you said you loosened it up till it was barely catching) and then give it one more quarter turn. Then wait a few hours. If it isn't better yet, and there is still forward bow, give it another quarter turn. Repeat the process until the neck is at a desirable tension. The turning will have resistance, because it is wood bending. Let me know if this helps!

Obviously your craftsmanship is professional! What I meant was that the photos probably don't do the finish any justice.

Cute! I'm gonna watch this one

I use a heat gun blowing into a home made pipe structure with different radiuses to bend on. I've only done maple though.

I absolutely love your builds! The attention to detail in your work is something I try for in every project I do. I'll get there some day

haha, that's pretty cool!

I voted for the 38DC! Absolutely flawless finish, beautiful logo on the headstock, lovely block inlays on the fingerboard, and best of all, I could see playing it! While the Hellcat had some BEAUTIFUL wood, I did see a lot of mistakes in almost all areas of the instrument... From a 10ft viewpoint, absolutely stunning though. I will say that this month had some amazing guitars in it! You should all be proud of yourselves

I always feel like blue guitars look better in person than they do in photo.

Its finally at the stage I was waiting for It looks very nice, as always!

Oh, I like the black with white bevels!

Why?

Wow, you're totz ancient... J/k I started when I started gaming online. My first exposure to it was the word w00t... I hate that word lol. Anywho, it looks like he wants the decorative scarf joint. Time to dye some sycamore!

I've been typing L337 since it came out in 99, and even I'm not sure where the z comes from... Whenever I talk really girly with my friends, it's common to add an s or a w to things. Or just to make it baby cute, we'll spell each others names wrong. For example, Darcie would be Dawsie, Amiee would be Amez, etc. I used to type lol with an s at the end to signify that lol was a verb. Eventually, people started turning the s into a z, so lols turned into lolz. Now it's lulz... Then 4chan came out, and people started altering it a lot. Things became "for teh lulz" and ROFFLECOPTERs started flying around. The word ZORZ started being added to the end of words as well. "GTFO MAI INTERNETZORZ" is an example. I guess it's an effort to make things look more childish. Wow, this derailed fast!

Teal, Fender bodies have changed over the years. Check your guitars. You can find gold for cheap on evilbay... It's why people shop there. I don't think tim's grammar is the point of his post. He only offered preventative solutions to your problem for the future.

Hi! One of my friends (Kyle) bought an acoustic as a fixer-upper off of E-Bay for $30. It sat in his closet in a flight case for 3 months. Then I met his girlfriend, and through her, met him, and he figured out that I repair instruments, and now I'm fixing his instruments at home to keep myself busy So, here it is: The headstock was snapped off. The solution was to glue it back on without any cleanup of the joint. But since the joint wasn't perfect, they thought some rigidity could be achieved by bolting it in place. While this solution works, its not the most cosmetic, it adds weight to the headstock of an already top-heavy guitar, and it causes stability problems... cuz you know, now there's a hole in it. I'm going to remove the bolt, saw out the area, add a new piece of wood to replace the spot that the bolt was left in, plane the joints and join them properly. The end result will be either a seamless joint where you won't be able to tell I repaired it, or it'll have a contrasting color of wood in it because I'll show that option to Kyle and he'll be like "ZOMG DO THAT."